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Can anybody tell me if the Audiolab M-Dac will downmix a multichannel signal received through the optical inputs to stereo via the analogue outputs, whilst simultaneously passing through the untouched multichannel signal from the digital output?

I recently upgraded to a 4K TV on which we are using the onboard apps, plus SkyQ, but the lack of analogue outputs means we cant listen to those inputs in the my AVR Zone 2.

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'Was ideally was looking for a dac which I could plug all my digital multichannel and stereo sources into and get both digital multichannel AND analogue stereo out the other end' - that would require some expensive licensing to cover the various formats your Source devices may support.

CYP have a unit with Optical passthru for DD/DTS 5.1 plus down conversion to 2RCA - cost is around £190.

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Licensing costs from Dolby and DTS for the various multi-channel Formats is what makes the pricing of these 'low volume' devices so high - finding one which supports ARC and multi-channel HD is going to be nigh on impossible.

We have used and supplied various CYP units for all manner of 'fix's'.

Was thinking your other option is going to be looking for a higher Spec AVR which handles digital and analogue source down-mix to Zone 2!